The 1850s as Turning Point: The Birth of Globalization? - Toward Freer Trade and Imperialism

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What was, besides the changes in transportation and communication, and the invention of the canals, the final element to the framework for globalization?

Changes in policy

What changes were being made in the policy of European and United States imperialists?

- Major European powers, and more hesitantly the United States, moved toward a pattern of reducing tariffs on foreign goods, on the assumption that freer trade would ultimately benefit all participants.
- The second component of this policy shift involved the force European and United States imperialists began to apply to other countries toward opening their markets more fully.

What was the reason behind the Opium War of 1839?

- A small group of Western military pushed China to allow more international trade and penetration, beginning with the first Opium War of 1839.
- The specific goal was to prevent China from limiting sales of opium produced in India, which British traders used to win new profits and as a new means of paying for desirable Chinese goods; but the larger outcome of this and later clashes was to provide new opportunities for foreign merchants generally to engage Chinese markets and even set up production outlets.
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Why did Chinese leaders try to keep international involvement to a minimum?

Chinese leaders tried to keep international involvement to a minimum because it was so closely associated with Western controls and the hated opium trade.

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